Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Congressman Tim Griffin to discuss his efforts to curtail the federal government’s cell phone give away plan, the billion dollar fraud and abuse plaguing this program, and how we can avoid Europe’s fiscal mess here in the US. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen | Read More »

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Congressman Tim Griffin to discuss his efforts to curtail the federal government’s cell phone give away plan, the billion dollar fraud and abuse plaguing this program, and how we can avoid Europe’s fiscal mess here in the US. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen | Read More »

Joyce Elliott, is a Democratic State Senator here in Arkansas as was running for the 2nd Congressional district against Republican Tim Griffin, a race that she thankfully lost and lost by a 20 point margin. That 20 points pretty much didn’t change from the time the polls closed until coverage stopped late that evening. It is now 3 days after the election and all the | Read More »

The usual ‘more time with his family‘ bit, and nothing about a 17 point deficit in the polls. Then again, that’s not too surprising – although it’d be great if just once one of these guys said “I’m not going to throw away ten months of my life on an election that I’m just going to lose anyway?” Admittedly, if Snyder had the nerve to | Read More »

Congressman Vic Snyder was first elected to Congress in 1996. Since his first race, he has never won with less than 58% of the vote. And in 2008, he was re-elected without opposition. Nevertheless, he is regarded as one of the most endangered Democrat incumbents because of his district’s Republican lean. According to a new poll by Survey USA, Snyder trails his Republican challenger by | Read More »

Cross-posted at The Skeptical Michigander (In order for the Republicans to take back the House in 2010, they need to net 41 seats. It’s a long shot, but it is possible. By my count, there are 92 Dem-held seats that the Republicans have at least an outside chance of winning. That number will change as we get closer to election time, of course. But for | Read More »

Democratic pollster Tom Jensen earned a bit of polling goodwill by calling the NJ and VA gubernatorial elections accurately (and forthrightly admitting that PPP messed up NY-23, and why), so when he says that AR-02 is a trouble spot for the Democrats, people should probably pay attention to that. Snyder’s approval rating is now 42%, with 46% of voters in the district disapproving of him. | Read More »